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<H1>find</H1>

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<TD Align=left VAlign=top><b>Category</b>: algorithms</TD>
<TD Align=right VAlign=top><b>Component type</b>: function</TD>
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<h3>Prototype</h3>
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template&lt;class <A href="InputIterator.html">InputIterator</A>, class <A href="EqualityComparable.html">EqualityComparable</A>&gt;
InputIterator find(InputIterator first, InputIterator last,
                   const EqualityComparable&amp; value);
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<h3>Description</h3>
Returns the first iterator <tt>i</tt> in the range <tt>[first, last)</tt> such that
<tt>*i == value</tt>.  Returns <tt>last</tt> if no such iterator exists.
<h3>Definition</h3>
Defined in the standard header <A href="algorithm">algorithm</A>, and in the nonstandard
backward-compatibility header <A href="algo.h">algo.h</A>.
<h3>Requirements on types</h3>
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EqualityComparable is a model of <A href="EqualityComparable.html">EqualityComparable</A>.
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InputIterator is a model of <A href="InputIterator.html">InputIterator</A>.
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Equality is defined between objects of type EqualityComparable and
   objects of InputIterator's value type.
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<h3>Preconditions</h3>
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<tt>[first, last)</tt> is a valid range.
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<h3>Complexity</h3>
Linear: at most <tt>last - first</tt> comparisons for equality.
<h3>Example</h3>
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<A href="List.html">list</A>&lt;int&gt; L;
L.push_back(3);
L.push_back(1);
L.push_back(7);

<A href="List.html">list</A>&lt;int&gt;::iterator result = find(L.begin(), L.end(), 7);
assert(result == L.end() || *result == 7);
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<h3>Notes</h3>
<h3>See also</h3>
<A href="find_if.html">find_if</A>.

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